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| UK Cities Under ISIS Threat For Boxing Day: Expert |
| 2015-12-26 |
| [NDTV] A counter-terrorism expert has warned that British cities could be a target of an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) terror attack on Boxing Day, marked the day after Christmas, according to a leading specialist. Will Geddes, head of global security firm International Corporate Protection, believes Boxing Day, which is today, would provide the ideal situation for the terrorists, the 'Daily Express' reported today. "I don't think Christmas Day will be a target for ISIS, even though it's a Christian holiday, because there won't be big crowds which is what they want for maximum impact. But Boxing Day could be as lots of people will be out for the sales in cities across the UK, all gathered in big crowds," he told the newspaper. His comments come as Britannia's security service, MI5, has put the UK terror threat from international terrorism at severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. Unlike other terrorist organizations which have come before, such as Al Qaeda, it is hard to predict what ISIS will or will not do, he said, but crowded places on a poignant day are a target. The leading counter-terrorism specialist praised the number of attacks the British security services have foiled but said the constant cuts by the UK government to policing and security staff levels will begin to affect how much Britons are protected. He said: "We're not going to see the end of this threat by the end of this decade." "A lot of the time you're looking at the radicalised individual, not just groups, which is very difficult to deal with." "If you look at the number of successful times attacks have been prevented it's impressive - it amounts to one a day this year. We have to be grateful for how well our security services are doing but it won't be their fault if their funding is slashed but the public will no doubt suffer then." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 They abetted, but somebody else paid the freight. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-26 17:25 |
#5 I know who supported them, or more specifically, the PLO, for decades... The UN. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-12-26 13:38 |
| #4 No matter the starting point, you always end at the same place Pappy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-26 13:18 |
| #3 now guess who invented "The Palestinian People"? I know who supported them, or more specifically, the PLO, for decades... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-26 11:23 |
| #2 Boxing Day...or any other day ending in 'Y". |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-12-26 07:44 |
| #1 It all started with Palestinian terrorism---now guess who invented "The Palestinian People"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-26 02:53 |